Pete Postlethwaite died Sunday following a long battle with cancer. He was a veteren of the Royal Shakespeare Company along with other acting companies. Steven Spielberg once called Pete ”the best actor in the world” after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in In The Name of the Father (1993).

Pete Postlethwaite in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Postletheaite with Daniel Day Lewis in a scene from In the Name of the Father.